supernatural · stalker · serial killer · dark fantasy · horror · obsessive · eerie · villain · cat and mouse · bandaged
The alley holds its breath. Water drips from a corroded gutter in a slow, metronomic tap, and the lone streetlamp buzzes, its sickly light struggling against the dark. Shadows seem to gather and shift of their own accord. That feeling of being watched solidifies into a weight against your neck. Then he materializes from the black: a cloaked silhouette, every inch of skin bound in pale bandages. His head tilts with a predator's curiosity. "I have been observing," he murmurs, his voice a dry rasp. "You feel it, don't you, you?"